Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-11
Scenes at the Jafl-The Relatives Take
Their Last Interviews with the Com
demned Men.

Scenes at the Jail-The Relatives Take
Their Last Interviews with the Con.
demned Men.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-When the news of the
communication of the sentence of Fielden and
Schwab as received at the Jail there was an
extraordinary scene of activity. The news
was sent to the relatives of all the con-
demned men and in short time they began
to arrive. The first of the women to come
was Mrs. Schwab. Soon after Schwab was
brought from his cell to the main Office. His
wife quickly advanced to him aud throwing
her arms about his neck burst into tears.
manner and soon the two were chatting
quietly together. After this Spies and
Fischer were brought from their cells and
taken to the Jail library. Engel was
brought to the private Office of Mr.. Folz.
This was done for the purpose of allowing
the relatives to take their last interviews.
The first one of the women to arrive after
Mrs Schwab was Miss Engel, the daughter
of the condemned Anarchist. When the
two met in the private Office there was ap
outburst of grief which it is impossible to
describe. Father and daughter chung
to each other and sobbed convulsively. Their
conversation was III 06Tman ana l1SC6n6u
to only by Deputy Oleson. Then came Mrs.
Spies, the mother of August. She had been
waiting outside for an hour ana half. Her
sobs could be heard through the corridors of
the building She did not stay long in the
library with her son and on her exit from the
Jail Mrs. Fischer was admitted. She went
into the library and her lamentations were
heard above the tramp of the deputies who
swarmed about the place. But the crown
ing scene OF all was the visit of Nina Van
Zandt, the proxy wife of Spies. She was
conducted to the library by Deputy Oleson.
AS she walked through the main Office she
betrayed no emotion. The moment she saw
August, however, her demeanor completely
changed. There was a look, then a gasp
and in trice the lovers were in each others
arms. A bevy of curious reporters and Off
GERS crowded up to the door of the library,
but it was quickly shut by the deputy. The
interview between the prisoner and his faith
full devotee lasted nearly half an hour. What
actually transpired will never be known to
the world, but it was sufficient to bring a
glimmer of tears to the eyes of the old depu-
ty At six O'Clock there was an influx of
deputy sheriffs to the jail. Men who had for
wears been serving civil Writs and not bother
ing their heads about hangings came in.
They wore heavy overcoats and in the right
hand pockets were bulky objects which to
the eyes of the experienced were plainly re-
volvers. Orders were given forbidding the
entrance of anyone not connected with the
press or the sheriff's Office. Then some of
the deputies went to supper and matters
quieted down. A rumor was started to the
effect that Schwab and Fielden would be re-
moved to Joliet at $50 o'clock, but Jailer
Folz declared he had no orders to that effect.
Mrs Lucy Parsons created scene in the
criminal court building about 10 o'clock. She
walked down Michigan street to the main en-
trance accompanied by another woman and
was admitted to the hallway by the armed
guards. Approaching the door which leads
to the Jail yard she demanded admittance.
This was denied her by deputy sheriff, who
was acting under directors of Sheriff
Matson. "But 1 must go in to
see my husband" exclaimed Mrs. Par
sons. "You cannot" was the firm reply.
Then the dusky wife of the Anarchist threw
up her hands and fell to the tiled floor in
dead faint. It took over twenty minutes to
bring her to consciousness, but when this
was done she was escorted from the build
ing. Parsons was not informed of the epi-
sode.
AFutiIe Effort to Save Parsons.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-Attorney Solomon APP
peared before Judge Tuley at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon and made his application for writ
of habeas corpus in behalf of A. K. Parsons
His points were that the process was void,
the record saying the defendant was present
when he was absent. He claimed that the
order of the court directing the execution of
the Anarchists on November II was uncon-
stitutional and void, inasmuch as such a
final process must read Gin the name of the
people of the State of Illinois," He read
many decisions in support of his point that
an order of the court was not adequate. He
admitted that the order was in accordance
with the statutes, but declared the statutes